Razor.



T. WATSON.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY18. l9l5.

1 Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 19171.

Application filed May 18, 1915. Serial No. 28,879.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WATSON, a citizen of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and resident lately of 7 New Mill road,Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, and now of 46 St. Andrew street,Kilmarnock aforesaid, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Razors, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to razor safety devices of the type comprising asheath or guard adapted to be removably attached to the blade ofanordinary razor and means whereby same can be adjusted.

According-to the present invention the sheath or guard is adapted to beattached to the razor blade by means of a separate resilient grip orholder which is so shaped and arranged as to embrace the back of therazor blade, and this grip is connected with the sheath or guard byscrew or equivalent means so as to be adjustable. If desired springs orthe like may be interposed between the grip and'the sheath or guard.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood I have hereuntoappended an explanatory drawing whereon I have shown, by way of example,one mode of carrying out the invention.

' On the drawings Figure -1 isa side elevation showing the guard fittedon a razor.

Fig. 2 is an end view looking from the left hand side of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the guard in section. v

The sheath or guard a, as shown, may be made of any suitable material,preferably aluminium, and is rounded at its back part a and may extenddownward so as to form converging sides a, (1 which embrace the razorblade 6 and cover both sides thereof to a line near the cutting edge.The guard is secured in position on the razor by means of an elongatedgrip c, of a somewhat U formation with converging sides, and which isadapted to grasp and hold the back edge of the razor. This grip is madeof spring metal and is attached to the guard by means of two screw boltsd, 6, having nuts 7 thereon, and there is interposed, between theinterior surface of the back of the guard at and the spring 0, twospiral springs g, g, which surround the bolts and normally press theguard upward and away from the spring grip 0.

The spring action of the grip 0 is suflicient to enable'it to readilyadjust itself to a thick or thin backed razor and to hold firmly inplace thereon. By means of the screws 03, e, and nuts 7 the guard can beadjusted to exactly the distance required from the cutting edge of therazor blade. The guard is simply slipped on to the razor blade, thespring 0 sliding along the back of the blade.

This guard when applied to an ordinary razor, enables the latter to beused in the same manner as a safety razor and there is no danger ofcutting the face of the user.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is An attachment forrazors comprising a guard having resilient arms adapted to substantiallycover the side faces of a razor blade, the upper edge of said guardbeing spaced from the upper edge of said razor blade, a gripping membercomprising a sheet of resilient material having arms adapted to graspthe upper edge of the razor blade, screw threaded members extendingthrough the gripping member and extending through openings in the guardmember, a coiled spring housing each of the screw threaded members andengaging the gripping member for holding the gripping member and guardmember in spaced relation with each other, means on one end of the screwthreaded means for tensioning the springs whereby the guard member isadjusted with relation to the cutting edge of the razor blade.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

THQMAS WATSON.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER MAoGREGoR, SUSANNAH MARY S'rnvnnson.

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